Reel



Oct. 10, 1933. J. E. BALL 1,929,469

REEL

Filed March 15, 1932 J07??? .Z'. Ball.

ATToRNEYs.

Patented OcblO, 1933 r I a v TE ST TES PA E TIOF I Ej,{

" 1,929,462 I r: REEL John Detroit, Mich. Application March"l5,f1932'. Serial No. 598,964

' .13 claims; (cran 110) This invention relates to reels, and. more Dat andflfi and riveted thereto to prevent disengageticularly to dispensing reels for'wire,'cable or merit of the nuts'from the eyebolts during the similar materials; 7 use of the reel. Side members of theloop The principal object of the invention is to promembers 11 and 12 may be bent inwardly as in- .5 vide a reel of novel construction which will dicated at 21 to provide downwardly diverging facilitate the handling and dispensing of matesurfaces of different angles with respect to'the rials employed in building construction. vertical for the accommodation of diiferently Another object of the invention is to provide diametered coils of the material to be dispensed. a reel which may be compactly foldedwhen not The loop members are preferably closed at the 1 in use, bottom of the reels and extended overlapping por- 6 5.

A further object of the invention is to provide tions' 22 and 23 are provided to increase the a reel which will accommodate coils of diiferent rigidity and strength of the bottom portion of the diameters, r reel so that other reels may be suspended there- A still further object of the invention is to from. These overlapping portions may be inter- 15 provide dispensing reels which are adapted to connected by any suitable means such as rivets be suspended from convenient supports and 24. I which will in turn support other dispensing reels. When notin use the members 11 and 12 may Other features and advantages will become apbe rotated on eye bolts 15 and 16 and into teleparent from the following description and apscoping relation so thatthe reel maybe easily 20 p d C ai scarried and take up the minimum space in an In carrying out my invention, I have devised a electricians tool kit. Although the'loop members dispensing'reel which is particularly adapted l1 and 12 are preferably constructed of sheet for handling coils of wire or cable or similar metal straps, it is obvious that strap,,tubular, bar, materials used in connection with building conor other materials of any desired cross section 25 struction or reconstruction. may be employed in the construction of these For a better understanding of the invention members. reference may be had to the accompanying draw. I In using this device, the mbers 11 and 12 ing forming a part of application, wherein: are rotated on the eye bolts 15 and 16 until they Figure 1 is a perspective View of a dispensing are disposed at approximately right angles. to I 30 reel constructed in accordance with this inveneach other as indi'catedin Figs. 1 and 2. A coil tion and having supported thereon a section of 25 or 26 of a material to be dispensed is then il of wir placed upon the device and the reel is suspended Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the arby the upper eye bolt 15. The material of the rangement of a plurality of reels and the means coil maintains the members 11 and 12 in extended 35 for suspending said reels one from the other, relationso that no other locking means is neces- Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the above, mensary. If it is desired to dispense material from tioned reel shown in folded position, and several coils, other devices of thesame kind may Fig. 4 is an end view of the device shown in be Suspended from h fi st reel by connecting 3 the lower eye bolt 16 of one reel to the top eye 40 Referring to the drawing, wherein like 'nubolt 15 0f the e dja e t reel. merals designate similar parts throughout,Ihave The eye bolts 15 and 16 freely swivel in th indicated the preferred construction of my inmembers 11 and 12 so that, when employing a vention as embodied in a reel comprising a pair mb of S p d feels, as indicated'in Fig. 2, of sheet metal straps bent to form substantially the individual reels may be rotated in either the 45, triangularly shaped loop members 11 and 12, same or opposite directions independently of one which are of substantially identical contour exa t er to dispense the material from these reels. cept that one is slightly smaller than the other It i desirable to pe d the reels above the floor so that they may be nested one within the other, level since the floors are. usually employed in the as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. The members 11 course Ofbllilding construction for the disposal 50. and 12 are pivotally connected at the points 13 and transportation of other building materials. and 14 by eye bolts 15 and 16 respectively. The The reels may be employed to dispense wire, cord eye bolt 15 is left slightly open so that it may material, flexible conduit, cables, sheathing or n51? engage an overhead support or an eye other desired material employed in building conbolt 16 of another reel. Nuts 17 are prefstruction. V I erably threaded upon the shanks of eye bolts 15 j I have thus provided for the dispensing of ma- 1 which insures the paying off of the material within the above description or shown in the accornpanying drawing, shall be interpreted as illusaf rproiecting. through the tops of both members for out kinking or'foulingand eliminates the danger of injury incident to dragging the material across wet or obstructed floors or running over the material with the vehicles employed for the transportation of other building material. v

As many changes could be made in'the above describediconstruction and many apparently widely dm'e'r'eht embodiments or this invention could be made without departing from'the' scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained trative and not in the limiting sense.

I claim: i 1. A reel comprising a plurality 0! loop mega-r bers having downwardly diverging sides and means for pivotally connecting said members at the. ops and. bottom hereof,

2 "A" :8 1 'O p s su a i t ia gi larlyswam me e w lm r im shaped loop members secured together at the bottom of said members, one member being slightly smaller than the other so as to be received in the latter, the'sides of said members diverging downwardly, means projecting through the tops of both members for pivotally connecting the members and hook shaped suspension means secured to said pivot mfiflllfi. .7

p a. A ra l c on lprihih triangularly having overlapping portions-secured togetherat the bottom of said memhers, one member being slightly smaller than the other so as to be received in the latter, the sides at said members diverging downwardly, means pivotaily'connecting the members, hook shaped means: secured to said pivot means, means proiecting through the bottom of both mem for pivotally connecting the members nd suspension means secured. to h l s -mention d'niv tm an's. i

JOHN 

